As for Netflix, how can the company possibly reconcile a “coming-of-age” film, and one that centers entirely on 11-year-old girls, with a TV-MA rating? This is not a random decision – it has become corporate practice.
We have frequently called on Netflix to stop hosting content that sexualizes children, such as Baby, Big Mouth, Sex Education, or that glamorizes rape and sexual assault such as 365 Days.
And Netflix habitually markets adult content to young audiences. Parents Television Council research of Netflix programming designated as “Teen” reveals that nearly half was rated either TV-MA (104 titles, or 40.8%) or R (23 titles, or 9.0%); and every single program that carried a TV-14 moniker included harsh profanities.
While we may not always see eye-to-eye with film critics, the criticism of the critics is telling. Cuties is not the first time Netflix has blatantly promoted programming that sexualizes children, but we’re calling on them for this to be the last.
I would model things differently. In particular, I disagree with point #3:
"3. Engagement is negatively related to quality."
On Netflix, the two most watched TV seasons ever were Stranger Things Season 4 and Wednesday Season 1 [1]. Both were higher quality compared to "sensitive" shows like 365 Days.
Generally, I don't think engagement is negatively correlated to quality - rather, I think it's only negatively correlated (sometimes) when we restrict the domain to the most engaging content.
If you took random samples of YouTube uploads, I'm confident you'd see a positive correlation between quality and engagement, while simultaneously finding that the highest engagement videos are not the highest quality.
I believe I've heard this called splitting tails of the distribution, where if X and Y are correlated, the highest Ys are still unlikely to be the highest Xs.
I'd amend "engagement is negatively related to quality" as "the highest engagement items are not the highest quality items", which is a much narrower claim.
I always assumed that sex scenes were there to help couples have sex especially when they are older.
We are in our 40s, it takes a lot to get in mood for sex. We don't watch porn or actually look for ways to get in the mood. We plan to have sex after date nights but those are rare with young kids in the house.
Over last few years, most of sex happened when we were watching a "real" movie with a good sex scene/s. I understand why superhero movie should not have sex scenes but we need more adult movies with a good stories. There is demand for it. My wife's book club even recommends steamy movies to watch with your partner, unfortunately, some of those are really cheesy like 365 Days.
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https://www.parentstv.org/blog/how-does-a-film-critic-justify-dismissing-criticism-of-a-film-that-sexually-exploits-children
These guys did:
As for Netflix, how can the company possibly reconcile a “coming-of-age” film, and one that centers entirely on 11-year-old girls, with a TV-MA rating? This is not a random decision – it has become corporate practice.
We have frequently called on Netflix to stop hosting content that sexualizes children, such as Baby, Big Mouth, Sex Education, or that glamorizes rape and sexual assault such as 365 Days.
And Netflix habitually markets adult content to young audiences. Parents Television Council research of Netflix programming designated as “Teen” reveals that nearly half was rated either TV-MA (104 titles, or 40.8%) or R (23 titles, or 9.0%); and every single program that carried a TV-14 moniker included harsh profanities.
While we may not always see eye-to-eye with film critics, the criticism of the critics is telling. Cuties is not the first time Netflix has blatantly promoted programming that sexualizes children, but we’re calling on them for this to be the last.
I would model things differently. In particular, I disagree with point #3:
"3. Engagement is negatively related to quality."
On Netflix, the two most watched TV seasons ever were Stranger Things Season 4 and Wednesday Season 1 [1]. Both were higher quality compared to "sensitive" shows like 365 Days.
Generally, I don't think engagement is negatively correlated to quality - rather, I think it's only negatively correlated (sometimes) when we restrict the domain to the most engaging content.
If you took random samples of YouTube uploads, I'm confident you'd see a positive correlation between quality and engagement, while simultaneously finding that the highest engagement videos are not the highest quality.
I believe I've heard this called splitting tails of the distribution, where if X and Y are correlated, the highest Ys are still unlikely to be the highest Xs.
I'd amend "engagement is negatively related to quality" as "the highest engagement items are not the highest quality items", which is a much narrower claim.
[1] https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/what-to-watch/most-watched-series-movies-of-all-time-hours-watched/
Same here. The 365 days movie was quite atrocious and borderline porn.
I always assumed that sex scenes were there to help couples have sex especially when they are older.
We are in our 40s, it takes a lot to get in mood for sex. We don't watch porn or actually look for ways to get in the mood. We plan to have sex after date nights but those are rare with young kids in the house.
Over last few years, most of sex happened when we were watching a "real" movie with a good sex scene/s. I understand why superhero movie should not have sex scenes but we need more adult movies with a good stories. There is demand for it. My wife's book club even recommends steamy movies to watch with your partner, unfortunately, some of those are really cheesy like 365 Days.